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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:19 AM
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i have been fighting with this for a while now

my front passenger side shakes at high speeds and it makes the steering wheel move a little it is at it worst at about 69-73 MPH and it get smooth again at about 90-100MPH..i dont know what it is.........i have replaced EVERYTHING...front and rear cross members, steering rack, boots, UCA, LCA, spindles, from a 89 civic. i am runnig eibach road race springs, and BLOWN stock shocks and have 13 inch stockers on it....

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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:22 AM
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hows your tires? its always tires for me when mine shakes. then i rotate them and its good til they get some cambar wear.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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its no during a bump or cornering is it?
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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ok what about tie rod ends? or ball joints! and do you have a bent rim! or is it out of balance!
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:54 AM
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Blown shocks can't be helping it.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:56 AM
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get your tires rebalanced and get an alignment, if its not that then only other thing i can think of it somthins bent, frame? control arm? somthin
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:05 PM
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i have replaced the tires and rotated em when i did my swap about 2 weex ago

it gets smooth when i am on a turn

did i mention the entire suspension has been replaced, i will try the alignment....i am soo sad.....i love highway trips...but it is shaking and i hate it......
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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if you havnt had your car aligned since you changed all those things... thats probly what it is.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:20 PM
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shoot me in face that is more than likely it...but i cannot find anywhere do to it....my car is super dumped......2.5 inch drop...and i have that lip...


they tell me that the lasers cannot see my wheels...i am tempted to take the bumper off and take it in that way...
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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ummmm..am i missing something else here?? did you say you replaced everything on your suspension BUT the shocks?? i would say THAT coupled with a swap(more weight) should be the most obvious answer to the problem(and new tokico blues are cheap) i would certainly consider those to be the most important aspect of a suspension but this is my worthless .02
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 04:05 PM
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If I am not mistaken then it is still apparent you have never had your wheels balanced.....and if you have do it again the person who did them before obviously doenst konw what they are doing.

This and tires are your number 1 cause for a vibration at a consistant speed felt in the seat and steering wheel.

Let me guess normal driving its fine but about 60 and above if you let go of your steering wheel it shimmys back and forth and you can feel a constant vibration on your but*(from the seat) and can even notice it in the dash a little?

I do this to customers cars everyday and actually just did it to my crx before my trip to KC last weekend and the thing drove great, I also replaced my inner's outer's(tie rods) put in my ES bushings on the sway bar and the new drop links for um, and then rotated and balanced my tires, thing drove like a cadillac.
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